- KP438 (Small Middle Roman Amphora 7) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Kenchreai Cemetery Project Inventoried Objects
- Typological identification
- Middle Roman Amphora 7
- Conservation
- 2023 (July): Sherds refitted with clear synthetic resin (UHU).
- Description
- Small Middle Roman Amphora 7. Ridging is wide at top of toe but narrows to allow six bands of partially extant continuous spiral to toe. Overall piece is finely made in comparison to full-size version.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Granular, hard fabric fired to light brownish red with occasional, well sorted, angular and rounded dark chunks visible in breaks and on surface; fewer light chunks also in breaks and on surface; frequent small to tiny varied sandy bits. Fabric is in general somewhat less coarse than full-sized MRA7s. Surface is thinly slipped on all extant surfaces and fired slightly lighter than fabric; it is unsmoothed with signs of very light sponging on exterior.
- Preservation comment
- Three joining sherds (one much larger than the others) preserve 75% of hollow toe. Thin plaster adhering in large patch that extends over adjacent upper break and slightly into interior of vessel, another smaller patch approximately opposite on exterior. Surface otherwise well preserved.
- Base Diameter
- 0.0643
- Base Diameter preserved
- 0.075
- Preserved height
- 0.082
- Wall thickness
- 0.069
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Fabric Munsell reading
- 2.5YR 7/8
- Drawing
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“KP438 (Small Middle Roman Amphora 7).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/kcp/kp438>
